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Take a look at any article that is even tangentially related to anything in crypto. You'll find a battleground of people who are die hard skeptics refusing to
by nscalf 5y ago
Take a look at any article that is even tangentially related to anything in crypto. You'll find a battleground of people who are die hard skeptics refusing to engage with any idea in the space. HN has always had some skepticism, but this specific topic made the more toxic side of HN extremely apparent to me. Whatever you believe about any idea, you should be willing to engage with the idea if you're going to comment here.
I hope what we all take away from this article is that we should take a step back, sit with the idea of a post, and before trying to belittle someone else's argument maybe we validate the things we agree with and question the things that are a bit unclear. It's fair to disagree and have a retort to something, but I've seen a lot of people jumping straight to a pretty aggressive, dismissive stand on here.
- zozbot234 5y agoThe die-hard crypto believers are even more bothersome than the crypto skeptics. I might well believe that zero-knowledge proofs might turn out to be the foundation of some new cutting-edge technology, or whatever. But if you just tell me the equivalent of "dude, these Bored Gorillas will change the world!!1!" that's just not very interesting on a social or intellectual level.